I came across a brilliant video today on the vinyl recording process as it was way back when. You’ll see Duke Ellington and his band in the studio and how the sound is captured and eventually turned into vinyl records. To those familiar with modern, cheap, digital recording techniques will be astonished at how things [...]
Here is a great little video showing a very cheap way to set up a small, portable “mic booth” to help you get a better recorded sound. I certainly wouldn’t want to use it as permanent solution but as a portable unit I think the concept is great. [flash http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CV5Rl-IK-eo] Does anyone have any similar [...]
Well folks, here is the first progress report on building my own vocal recording booth. As you’ll know I originally wanted a much larger space so I could set up my drum kit or maybe even jam with a few friends, but budget has ruled that out in the short term. The short term answer [...]
I got a call this week to come in and help with a recording. A friend of mine is recording an album and he’s just not been happy with the drum part he’s getting. He started off with a drum machine for the basic feel and recorded some guide guitar and vocal parts. The drum [...]
Way back in October last year I mentioned that I was planning to build a practice studio in my garage so I thought I’d update you on the progress. That won’t take long… there hasn’t been any! A few things got in the way, the main thing being the budget or lack of budget. When [...]
Over recent times we have looked at alternative ways of selling your music online. The internet has been an amazing tool for musicians and has leveled the playing field enormously. Once upon a time if you weren’t with a record company you had no hope of ever releasing an album. While the internet has done [...]
We have recently looked at a number of online services that can help the “less famous” bands and artists release their own music to the paying public. Services like Tunecore and CD Baby allow you to distribute your music to a very widespread marketplace and to completely bypass the whole record company thing. But is [...]
Over the past few months of running an online radio station I’ve had the chance to listen to a large amount of independently produced music and I must say that the standard has been amazingly high. A competent musician with a basic home recording setup can turn out results that small studios could only dream [...]